Landry’s a third year PhD student in electrical engineering. He connected with Oracle at a conference for the National Society of Black Engineers and is now one of our first virtual interns.

“At first when the internship was moved to the virtual format due to the pandemic, I was a bit nervous. But I was so lucky to have very amazing people on my team and we connected really well. My manager and mentor are so cool and so supportive of my work, and this gives me the confidence and drive to perform even better.”

Landry feels he’s getting the same meaningful, hands-on experience he set out to. “My experience as an intern so far has been really satisfying. Mostly because I got to work on a real-life project that aligned with my PhD research interest, but also because of the immense support I get from my mentors and manager.”

Emily joined Oracle NetSuite for a virtual product development internship. Her team is focused on advancing our Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Cloud that’s used by customers like Spotify, Beautyblender, and Hydroflask. She found herself continually surprised how much real-life experience she gained while working from home.

“I enjoyed a rewarding 12 weeks full of constant growth and impactful work that will be put into production in over 18,000 businesses,” she enthuses. “Our cloud allows “techy” customers to tailor our software to their own needs and we validate their before their changes deployed. One of the two big projects I got to work on this summer was creating my very own validation check that will go live with the next NetSuite release!"

Tiffany joined Oracle for a virtual technical internship with the Product Lifecycle Management team. Her team is responsible for product development and Product Hub (product information management).

Coming into the internship, Tiffany was mainly interested in learning about product management and utilizing my design and technical skills. “The amazing thing with these projects was that I got the chance to do the same things that a real product manager at Oracle would do. I took on full responsibility for researching and documenting the requirements and specs, and control over what I wanted the UI to look like.”

As an intern Daniel started a small side-project based on a data science theory he was developing. It had the potential to accelerate the process of exploring and gaining insights from data. His idea soon gathered momentum and became the successful product now known as Oracle Labs Data Studio.

“In the last three years I’ve worked on this project, I’ve moved from being the only developer to having a team of 10 plus employees,” Daniel shares. “My recipe for success at Oracle is to be a team player, while still speaking up,” he advises. “Don’t be scared to share your ideas with colleagues, or have discussions with more senior employees. You’re as much of a member of the team as anyone else is. Your opinion is valued by everyone at Oracle.”